Explodiflorae 



(SUPPLEMENT) 



Fore -runner Point 



Explodiflo'rae, (explodo, I drive off, 

 flos, florisy a flower), Delpino's 

 term for wind-fertilized flowers 

 which expel their pollen by an 

 explosive action. 



exrapnidlan (ex = without, + 

 RAPHIS), destitute of raphides 

 (Gulliver). 



ex'tra-fascic'ular, outside a bundle or 

 fascicle ; <-- -nup'tial, applied to 

 nectaries or honey-glands which are 

 not part of the floral organs ; <~ 

 -sac'cal, used of embryos arising 

 outside the cells of the embryo- 

 sac ; xylar, or ex'tra-xylem'ic 

 ( + XYLKM), outside the xylem 

 (Roulet). 



Exu'sion, Berkeley's term for EXU- 

 DATION. 



fa'cial, applied to a hilum which is 

 on the side and not on the margin 

 of a seed (Heinig). 



False Hy'bridism, Millardet's term 

 when the hybrid shows the char- 

 acter of one parent only ; cf. MONO- 

 LEPSIS ; False -stom'ata ( + STOMA), 

 pores in the epidermis of Equia- 

 etum. 



Fan, an equivalent of RHIPIDIUM. 



Fasergriibchen (Germ.) = CRYPTO- 

 STOMATA. 



favular'ian, a ribbed surface separated 

 by zigzag furrows in certain genera 

 of fossil Lycopods, derived from the 

 obsolete genus Favularia. 



Fenes'trae (Lat. , windows) apicales, 

 and ~ toasales, openings in the 

 outer coat of certain Silicoflagel- 

 latae (Lemmermann). 



Ferrobacterla ( + BACTERIA), iron- 

 bicteria, which reduce ferric to 

 ferrous compounds. 



Fertiliza'tion (p. 100), (1) fusion of 

 two cells (gametes) to form a new 

 individual cell (zygote) ; (2) the 

 effect of pollen, deposited on stig- 

 matic surface, resulting in con- 

 version of flower into fruit, and of 

 ovule into seed; double- ^ one 

 generative nucleus from the pollen- 

 tube fuses with nucleus of egg-cell 

 (oosphere), the other with the 



definitive nucleus, itself formed by 

 fusion of the polar nuclei. 



Fibonac'ci Se'ries, Braun's series of 

 numbers formed thus, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 

 13, 21, 34, 55 ... by successive 

 additions of the last two ; they 

 occur in phyllotaxis, and were for- 

 mulated by Leonardo of Pisa, named 

 Fibonacci. 



Fi'brotype (fibra, a filament, typits, 

 a type), Macdougal's expression for 

 the condition of a root of Cephalan- 

 thera with a reduction and fusion 

 of the stelar compounds, and radi- 

 ally elongated cortex. 



Filial-cell, Henfrey's term for 

 daughter-cell. 



niicin'ean, flliein'eous, relating to the 

 Filicineae, that is, Ferns in the 

 widest sense (Scott). 



flmic'olous (fimus, dung, colo, I in- 

 habit), growing on manure- 

 heaps. 



Fi'niform (finis, a boundary, + 

 FORM), a form whose nearest re- 

 lations have completely died out 

 (Kuntze). 



Fise'tin, the yellow colouring matter 

 of Rhus Ootinus. 



Fissiparlty = FISSIPARISM. 



Flo'ral-leaf, suggested equivalent for 

 the Germ. " Hochblatt " ; a bract. 



floc'culose. like wool (Leigh ton). 



nuorescigenlc, ( + FLUORESCENCE, 

 7evos, offspring), causing fluores- 

 cence, as certain bacteria. 



foeni'nus (foenum, hay), "hay-grey" 

 (Hayne). 



Fo'lial = FOLIOLE. 



Foliole, Fol'iola, add, (2) employed by 

 Spruce for the postical leaves of 

 Hepaticae, those on the ventral or 

 rooting surface ; foliose, applied 

 to a Lichen with a leaf-like ex- 

 pansion of the thallus. 



Follicle, (3) a little bladder on the 

 leaves of some Mosses, as Pottia 

 cavifolia. 



Fore-leaf, a translation of the Germ. 

 "Vorblatt"; a bracteole or pro- 

 phyllum. 



Fore-rnn'ner Point, a form of leaf- 

 apex which performs all duties of 



